Genome characterization of a novel binary toxin-positive strain of Clostridium difficile and comparison with the epidemic 027 and 078 strains

Genome characterization of a novel binary toxin-positive strain of Clostridium difficile and comparison with the epidemic 027 and 078 strains

Abstract Background Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic Gram-positive spore-forming gut pathogen that causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide. A small number of C. difficile strains express the binary toxin (CDT), which is generally found in C. difficile 027 (ST1) and/or 078 (ST11) in clin...

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Main Authors: Zhong Peng, Sidi Liu, Xiujuan Meng, Wan Liang, Zhuofei Xu, Biao Tang, Yuanguo Wang, Juping Duan, Chenchao Fu, Bin Wu, Anhua Wu, Chunhui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
ST201
Binary toxin-positive
Whole genome sequencing
Comparative genomic analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13099-017-0191-z

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